Improved buckle



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Letters Patent N o. 97,133, dated November 23, 1869; a'ntcdated Noember 8, 1869.

IMPRovED BUCKLE.

The Schedule xeferre to in these Letters Patent and making pari. of tho mme.

To all 'whom it may concern:

lic itknowu that I, HENRY R. SWAN, of Norwalk, in the county of l\`uirtield, :1ud Stole ot' Connecticut, have invented n new :md improved Buckle; und l do hereby declare t-hut the following` is n. full, clear, :md

exact. description of the construction :md operation of the sume, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making al, port of this specification, in which my invention is represented by n. perspective view.

The objectof this invention isto conline the cloth, whirh suppoits the buckle, exactly in the ccutrc ot' thc hook, so :is to prevent its `crowding to one side. or the other, when subject. to n. lut-eral or oblique pull.

1n the dnnvings- A is the frame ofthe buckle;

B, the shaft.;

C C, the tongues; and

e, il. guard-innige upon the frame, at tho ends of the tongues, t-o prot-ect them. and prevent their hooking into the clothing :md tearing it.

1n thuis poitiou a, ot' the frame, opposite tothe flanged side, I mzike :i number ot' holes, nl n n n, through whioh the eloth-cnn be stitched or sewed to the buckle, so :is not to crowd to one smother-ent', uuder nny cireumstuuces. I

Any number ot' holes muy be employed, noeording to the size ofthe buckle, und nature ofthe otlice it; is to perform.

Having described my invention,

fluit l eluim :is neu', and desire to secure by Letters luteut, is-

Providing the purl; a, ofthe frame A, with holes n, arranged :is und for the purpose specified.

p lVituesses: HENRY R. SWAN.

Guo. C. COMES, HENRY A. BARNES. 

